Al-Naimah
النعيمة
Village
Al-Naimah is located in Syria
Al-Naimah
Al-Naimah
Coordinates: 32°38′2″N 36°9′26″E / 32.63389°N 36.15722°E / 32.63389; 36.15722
Grid position259/227 PAL
Country Syria
GovernorateDaraa
DistrictDaraa
SubdistrictDaraa
Population
 (2004)[1]
 • Total7,472
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Al-Naimah (Arabic: النعيمة), also al-Naima, al-Naimeh or Elnaymah, is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Daraa Governorate, located east of Daraa. Nearby localities include Ataman to the northwest and Saida to the east.

History

In the Ottoman tax registers of 1596, it was a village located the nahiya of Butayna, Qada of Hauran, under the name of Nu'ayma. It had a population of 35 households and 12 bachelors, all Muslims. They paid a fixed tax-rate of 40% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, goats and beehives, in addition to occasional revenues; a total of 15,600 akçe.[2] By the beginning of the 19th century, the village had been abandoned, and in 1838 Eli Smith noted that the place was located west of the Hajj road, and that it was in ruins.[3]

In the 1850s, the village was reestablished by the townspeople of Daraa during a resurgence in grain cultivation to meet growing demand in the Damascene and European markets.[4]

According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Naimah had a population of 7,472 in the 2004 census.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.
  2. ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 214
  3. ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 161
  4. ^ Wetzstein, 1860, pp. 85, 138; cited in Lewis, 2000, p. 39

Bibliography

External links

Daraa Governorate
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